Cross-mating experiments with geographically different populations of Amblyomma cajennense (Acari: Ixodidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-49

  Labruna, Marcelo B ^a   Soares, João F ^a   Martins, Thiago F ^a   Soares, Herbert S ^a   Cabrera, Ricardo R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Centro Universitário Metropolitano de São Paulo   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTO AMARO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma cajennense; Argentina; Biology; Brazil; Colombia; Cross mating

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HATCHING; HYBRIDIZATION; INCOMPATIBILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PARTHENOGENESIS; POPULATION GENETICS; REARING; TAXONOMY; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; IXODIDAE; MALE;

BRAZIL;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 79953310913     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-011-9428-6     Document Type: Article

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